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Protest against police brutality winds through Seattle [HERE]

From [HERE] and [HERE] Seattle police Officer Ian Birk, who fatally shot Native American woodcarver John T.

Williams last summer, resigned on Wednesday after a firearms review panel ruled the shooting unjustified and the King County prosecutor announced that Birk would face no criminal charge.

Birk "committed serious tactical errors" in the confrontation, but did not act with malice or criminal intent, King County prosecutor Dan Satterberg said Wednesday.

In a video of the shooting, Birk could be heard telling Williams before shooting him to drop his knife. Williams was a woodcarver and a First Nations member from Vancouver Island.

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